US intelligence summaries from 1957 showed 25
Tupolev Tu-4 (
ASCC "Bull") bomber aircraft (
Long Range Aviation) and 17
Lisunov Li-2 (ASCC "Cab") aircraft operated at Ivanovo Severny. The 27th Bomber Aviation Regiment was based here until the 1950s. On the night of July 6, 1957, during landing, a Tu-4 bomber (commanded by A.I. Shcheglov) crashed into the forest near Strokino station and exploded. All 10 crew members were killed. The 229th Military Transport Aviation Regiment arrived from Moscow-
Lyubertsy in 1958, and was stationed here until May 1971, when it was absorbed by the 8th Military Transport Aviation Regiment. Ivanovo Severny was home to the 81st Military Transport Aviation Regiment (81 VTAP) of
Military Transport Aviation. It flew
Ilyushin Il-76,
Antonov An-12, and
Antonov An-22 aircraft, and was disbanded in 1998. In May 1995 the 610th Centre was named in honor of Marshal of Aviation
N.S. Skripko. In the mid-1990s, there were several cuts to the Center. In spring 1998, after the disbandment of the 81st VTAP, the 144th Aviation Regiment flying
Beriev A-50 (ASCC "Mainstay") airborne early warning aircraft was transferred to the Ivanovo-Severny airfield from
Pechora. Later this unit became the 2457 Aviation Base of SDRLO (Long Range Detection). In 2009, the 2457th Base became part of the 610th TsBP i PLS. On September 1, 2010, the 610th TsBP i PLS, in turn, was subordinated to the 4th TsBP i PLS in Lipetsk. Since 1996 the 308th Aviation Repair Plant (ARZ) at the base has mastered the repair of
Antonov An-72 and
An-74 aircraft, which originate in
Ukraine. The 308 ARZ is now part of the
United Aircraft Corporation. Since the end of 2001, the 308 ARZ has been reparing
Yakovlev Yak-52 sports aircraft. Since 2005, the Yak-52 has been modernized into the
Yak-52M variant. In 2002–2007, the military-patriotic festival "Open Skies" was held at the airfield. In 2014, on the initiative of the commander of the
Airborne Forces, Colonel General
Vladimir Shamanov, this tradition was renewed. On 1 June 2025, as part of
Operation Spider's Web, Ukraine attacked Ivanovo Severny and three other air bases using swarms of short-range drones. The
Ukrainian SBU claimed to have damaged an A-50 at the Ivanovo airbase. Extended footage confirmes that two A-50s were damaged. == See also ==